Two businessmen look set to rock the sportswear industry with a revolutionary jacket design.

Terry McCauley and Paul Crawford have patented the design of a fully reversible sports jacket which has already been snapped up by some of Britain's top Premiership football teams.

The concept is simple: two jackets in one, with a team's home strip on one side, and it's away colours on the other.

The possibilities don't stop there. You could have a fashionable jacket with neutral colours on one side, and your favourite team's colours on the other.

Current champions Manchester United, FA Cup holders Chelsea and local heroes Charlton Athletic, have already ordered consignments of the coats which are on sale to fans.

Prime Minister Tony Blair already owns one of the jackets with a Labour Party logo emblazoned on the chest.

He has written to the company, which is rather aptly named Home And Away Design, to wish luck to the two entrepreneurs.

More sports teams are expected to order designs soon, and there is also an England World Cup 1998 reversible jacket about to hit the shops.

Mr McCauley, 42, who comes from Abbey Wood, came up with the idea for the coats when he saw the astronomical prices charged for replica football kits.

Speaking to the News Shopper, he said: "We will be pricing the jacket at around the same price as a replica football shirt, but the buyer will be getting two garments for the price of one.

"The possibilities are endless and any team from any sport, or even a company, could have a specialised reversible jacket with logos.

"Every jacket can have a name and shirt number embossed into either side to personalise it even further."

Home And Away Designs looks set to win this year's SOLOTEC achievers award for its work and this weekend, there will be a launch of the England World Cup jacket at a bargain price in the national papers.

Any companies that want to find out more about the coats, should call 0181 303 2700.

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